#9E3C16#9E3C16

#9E3C16 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.106; OKLCH L 48.7% C 0.139 H 39.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E3C16
RGB	rgb(158, 60, 22)
HSL	hsl(17, 76%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(17, 86%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62%, 86.1%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.83, 38.95, 42.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.83, 57.35, 47.23°)
OKLab	oklab(48.74% 0.1076 0.0886)
OKLCH	oklch(48.74% 0.139 39.5)
XYZ	xyz(15.8630, 10.5610, 1.9621)
Luminance	0.1056 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E3C16 #16789E

analogous

#9E1634 #9E3C16 #9E8016

triadic

#9E3C16 #169E3C #3C169E

tetradic

#9E3C16 #349E16 #16789E #80169E

square

#9E3C16 #349E16 #16789E #80169E

split-complementary

#9E3C16 #169E80 #16349E

monochromatic

#331307 #68280F #9E3C16 #D4501D #E67549

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.75

#9E3C16 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.11

#9E3C16 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9E3C16

6.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E3C16	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9E3C16	1.00	6.75	3.11	6.75
#FFFFFF	6.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.11	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#584E0F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#706411

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AE2335

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5B5B5B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e3c16;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 60, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.7% 0.139 39.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c37657',
    500: '#9e3c16',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e3c16;
$custom-light: #c37657;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e3c16",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.765,
    "s": 75.556,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48739,
    "c": 0.13935,
    "h": 39.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.10559
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E3C16

secondary

#49A4C7

accent

#BDF236

background

#FDF7F5

surface

#FAEDE9

border

#D3C8C5

text

#140903

muted

#837B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E3C16

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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